Leadville Colorado
Colorado's Highest Mountain Town
DIG IN! With Nourish Colorado – December Newsletter: Gratitude
DIG IN! with Nourish Colorado Dear partners, Welcome to our first quarterly newsletter! I want to welcome you all to Winter, but as we are still waiting for the cold snaps and snowy days to come our way, I will just say: Welcome to the Winter Light. The...
Frozen art: Visit ice and snow sculptures in Colorado
Teams from around the world get to work starting Jan. 24, carving 12-foot tall, 20-ton blocks of snow into masterpieces at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships. Photo by Zach Hooper/ Breckenridge Tourism Office. Art comes in so many forms, but...
Police pinpoint starting point of historic Colorado wildfire – Portland Press Herald
Investigators located the ignition point of the devastating Boulder County, Colorado, wildfire that engulfed more than 1,000 buildings in drought-parched grasslands at the base of the Rocky Mountains, and the governor of the state underscored heightened risks posed by...
How to help the people affected by the wildfires in Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. — Thursday night's fires in Boulder County, Colorado, destroyed roughly 600 homes, meaning that many of the 35,000 forced to evacuate will not have a place to return to once the dust has settled.They will need help, and the state of Colorado has made...
Colorado Employers Face Paid Sick Leave Obligations for 2022 | Fisher Phillips – JDSupra
As of January 1, 2022, all Colorado employers – regardless of size – are subject to traditional paid sick leave requirements thanks to the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. Additionally, public health emergency leave is still in effect for all Colorado employers...
Colorado legislature to take up big education issues in 2022
Colorado lawmakers return Wednesday for the start of the 2022 legislative session. | AAron Ontiveroz / The Denver Post Colorado lawmakers return Wednesday for the start of the 2022 legislative session with hopes to tackle long-standing education challenges as well as...
At the Colorado River conference, ‘It’s really no longer a drill’
Posted Jan 3, 2022, 9:24 am Theo Whitcomb High Country News Last month, at Caesars Palace, a luxurious hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, nearly a thousand water managers, scientists, and government officials convened at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association...
Colorado weather: High winds and snow incoming for Front Range and northern mountains
We waited weeks to talk about snow being in the forecast for the Front Range and now, with snow still on the ground in many areas, we’re talking about another chance of accumulation. The incoming systems will also increase winds along the Foothills and adjacent plains...
The Denver Public Library Brings the Rocky to CHNC – Colorado Virtual Library
The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) was Colorado’s oldest newspaper. Founded by William Byers during the 1859 Colorado Gold Rush, the paper closed its doors in 2009, just two months before its 150th anniversary. Shortly after closing, Scripps Howard finalized an agreement...